Best clinically relevant books

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Hi.

I was hoping to get some suggestions about books that specifically deal with pathophysiology and mechanisms of diseases and drugs we to use treat them. Basically something that would make you stand out during rounds. One example would be the ICU book by Marino. This contained great pathophysio of diseases and the day to day management of it. It doesn't have to be in one big book but it can be broken down into systems.

Thanks.

 

[LUCPM]

I have been looking for such books and the only thing that comes close is uptodate. The only book that was helpful during my last two years of med school was "chief complaint" which I bought for my EM rotation but ended up using it in other rotations as well. There is nothing more complete than uptodate.

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[Arcan57]

Hi.

I was hoping to get some suggestions about books that specifically deal with pathophysiology and mechanisms of diseases and drugs we to use treat them. Basically something that would make you stand out during rounds. One example would be the ICU book by Marino. This contained great pathophysio of diseases and the day to day management of it. It doesn't have to be in one big book but it can be broken down into systems.

Thanks.

Look into the review articles by disease that show up in NEJM (I think it's Current Concepts). Any book is going to have issues with not including current tx updates and often will contain a lot of unchallenged expert consensus that will get you torn apart if you repeat it as fact and your attending disagrees.

 

[bwmd]

Second for focusing on uptodate. You can get bonus points for occasionally chasing down the articles they cite and referencing them specifically.

 

[ordersol7]

I use the washington university internship survival guide and EM basic pdf handouts a lot for admissions and daily patient care issues. The guide in particular I like because it has step by step thought processes and decision making for common admissions like Chest Pain, Shortness of Breath, abdominal pain etc as well as how to call a consult for common problems like stroke/TIA or seizure.